THE Friday Boys are a disparate group of men spread across Tyneside who meet once a week - 'always on a Friday' - to talk about the arts, raise a glass to recently departed heroes and villains and, at the evening's end, down a whisky or two. The FBs have only one golden rule - talk of the working week is strictly off-limit.

Friday, 27 January 2017

Wednesday night's set lists

The Elderly Brothers: -When Will I Be LovedDon't Throw Your Love AwayThe Singer Not The SongSha La La La LeeDevoted To YouHappy TogetherKathy's ClownI Saw Her Standing There

A quiet one, on what was a bitterly cold night. Apart from very conspicuous consumption of Scotch, the only nod to Burns' Night was a lovely rendition of Wild Mountain Thyme by regular Deb. The dearth of players meant 3 songs apiece instead of the usual 2 and an extended Elderly Brothers set. An hour or so spent earlier trawling through songs not played for some time yielded several old favourites including a Rolling Stones B-side and songs by The Searchers, The Small Faces and The Turtles. Kathy's Clown was a request from a member of the audience. Things livened up a little after midnight with a full-on sing-song session for those with no homes to go to!